GIVEAWAY: $500 WORTH OF BØRN SHOES
I, Ilana Wiles, solemnly swear to up my fashion game this year.
I will try my best to make stylish as much of a priority as comfort.
I will fight the urge to wear my same pair of jeans and loose fitting top five days of the week.
I will put on something that actually shows I have a waist. (This one is probably the hardest for me.)
I will accessorize with jewelry and an impractical purse when the occasion calls for it. (Maybe even a purse that doesn’t fit both my laptop and a sippy cup.)
I will go shopping for new clothes. Not just as an errand, but as an activity.
I will buy something uncomfortably expensive because it fits great.
I will wear a pair of shoes other than black.
I will not look at invitations to fancy affairs as wardrobe challenges but instead as wardrobe opportunities.
I will buy a statement coat.
I will wear more dresses. (They make outfits easier to put together anyway.)
I will retire my red shirt. (No, I won’t, but I seriously need to stop wearing it in all my videos.)
Today, I’m partnering with Børn Shoes to take a Mom Pledge. To put a little more of the “getting ready” focus back on me. To get just as excited about my clothes as I do about my kids’ clothes.
I might not be the mom in yoga pants and sneakers with a ponytail, but I am definitely veering dangerously close into “mom clothes” territory. I don’t know if it’s my body changing or my reliance on my navy pair of capris, but I am feeling a bit matronly lately.
I think part of this was a feeble attempt to up my fashion game earlier this year. I bought into the whole wide leg pants trend and then this summer, I opted into wide leg crop pants. Then I saw myself in a photo with said pants (paired with baggie button down, mind you) and realized it made my whole body look like it was the widest parts. I never wore them again.
So here’s another part of my new fashion mantra: I will be trendy only when it is flattering.
Obviously, I am not going to eschew comfort entirely. I just have to believe that just like Børn Shoes are comfortable, attractive and fashion forward, there has to be clothes out there for me that hit all these notes too.
Although, a wise person once told me that a good pair of shoes make an entire outfit.
Everything looks good (jeans, dresses, my navy capris) with a great pair of boots.
Except wide leg crop pants. Never wear those ever.
Giveaway: $500 Worth of Børn Shoes
Today, I am giving away up to $500 worth of Børn Shoes to one person who takes the pledge to up their fashion game this year.
To take the pledge, just enter your info in the widget below.
You can see the official rules here.
I’ll pick one winner on September 30th!
But you already look so fashionable! Yes, I too must up my fashion game. My clothes is old and tired. And I will buy outfits, not just pieces to replace the ones with holes.
I promise too. Except for the fashionable bag. I have two kids under two and I’m not carrying another bag. I have a diaper bag for two and a laptop bag big enough to carry my computer, wallet, extra shoes and all my mom junk!
You have statement coat! That awesome checkered one. I will pledge to make an effort and to go to carpool with a bit of makeup and
Ha ge out of my pj’s.
I had to enter because today, I am wearing culottes, and I recently bought a pair of shoes because they reminded me of yours.
I so promise this. Before I had my Irish twins I was a fashionista and everything about my style was such a priority. Now I find myself wearing the same things over and over and clothes keep getting ruined. However, I do officially pledge to pay more attention to my appearance and actually get myself a new pair of shoes for the first time in over 4 years.
Being a mom is tough and it’s easy to put yourself behind everyone, especially when it comes to appearance. But not anymore. I will dedicate that extra 5 minutes to put on some make up and throw together a stylish look just like my younger days.
Thanks for this motivation (:
Okay…I’m pledging to ditch the Uggs that I have had since COLLEGE (I graduated in 2009) and buy myself a beautiful pair of black boots like the ones you’re wearing in the first close up picture!
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I tried Stitch Fix this summer in an attempt to up my fashion game. They just did not get me.
I’m pledging to buy myself a pair of good jeans and boots this fall. Out with the mom jeans and weathered boots!
I am trying to up my game. I actually planned out all of my outfits ahead of time for this week and it helped the rush of the morning. New shoes would help tremendously!!!
I do pledge! I am so sick and tired of feeling frumpy all the time!
Darn autocorrect changed my email…here’s to not being a frumpy mom!
I scrolled all the way to the bottom looking for a promo code on Born shoes, and am now heartbroken. Why no promo code this time? 🙁
I pledge to be thoughtful about footwear and find something interesting instead of basic.
If I won the gift card, I totally pledge to stop buying athletic shoes and buy some fashionable shoes that I can actually wear to work! I’m not even a mom yet, so I have no reason not to have great fashion game but sometimes bills just have to come first! ?